This CJR Daily blog posting about citizen journalism nicely captures some of the concerns I have with this particular hobby horse.

The Los Angeles Times gets its first African-American editor, Pulitzer Prize-winner Dean Baquet, but some say John Carroll, the former editor, is leaving because he doesn't want to dismantle the newsroom.

President Olesegun Obasanjo of Nigeria on the effects of hunger on Africa.

Niger's President Mamadou Tanja and his officials are defending the government's handling of a food crisis that has one-quarter of the country's 12 million people at risk.

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network says there are 18 million people in Africa in 10 countries at serious risk from food shortages.

Eritrea and Ethiopia account for just over half of those at risk. Another problem spot is Uganda, with an estimated 2.7 million people at risk.

Other countries facing food shortages include Sudan, Djibouti, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Burundi and Somalia.

Here's a brief AP story on CTV.ca and the FEWS executive overview of food security threats (.pdf file, July 13).

For more information on global threats like this, check out ReliefWeb.

The Canadian Media Guild got an 87.3 per cent strike mandate in a mid-summer vote with 67 per cent turnout.

And what's the big issue? Moving to a continuously temporary workforce, with virtually everyone on contract -- and on a 30 to 60-day leash.